Smartphone Sales in Russia Unexpectedly up 20% in January
A 19.5% increase in smartphone sales in Russia was registered in January 2020 compared to the same month last year,...
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Bad Market Conditions Spoil Bank of Russia’s Plan to Sell Sberbank Stake
Steep slides on the market mean that the Bank of Russia is set to receive much less from the sale of...
Russia Resets Presidential Terms to Zero, Allowing Putin to Stay in Power Until 2036
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpectedly visited the State Duma (lower house of parliament) on Tuesday during the second reading of...
Huawei and Russia Partner to Fight off U.S. Sanctions
Having both felt the lash of U.S. sanctions, Chinese tech giant Huawei and the Russian government are teaming up in a partnership...
Yandex.Taxi Admits to Sharing Customers’ Locations With Police
An ex-policeman on trial for wrongfully detaining an investigative journalist said this week that Russian tech giant Yandex’s taxi service...
Rosneft Ready to Boost Production as Soon as Current OPEC+ Deal Ends: Report
Russia’s biggest oil company, state-run Rosneft, plans to up oil production as soon as the current OPEC+ deal ends, a...